refactor(core): Refactor some imports to reduce baseline memory usage (#15916)

packages/workflow/package.json

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     "@langchain/core": "catalog:",
     "@n8n/config": "workspace:*",
     "@n8n/typescript-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/deep-equal": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/express": "catalog:",
     "@types/jmespath": "^0.15.0",
     "@types/lodash": "catalog:",
@@ -44,9 +43,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@n8n/tournament": "1.0.6",
     "ast-types": "0.15.2",
-    "axios": "catalog:",
     "callsites": "catalog:",
-    "deep-equal": "2.2.0",
     "esprima-next": "5.8.4",
     "form-data": "catalog:",
     "jmespath": "0.16.0",
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@
     "lodash": "catalog:",
     "luxon": "catalog:",
     "md5": "2.3.0",
-    "recast": "0.21.5",
+    "recast": "0.22.0",
     "title-case": "3.0.3",
     "transliteration": "2.3.5",
     "xml2js": "catalog:",

packages/workflow/src/errors/node-api.error.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument */
-
-import { AxiosError } from 'axios';
+import type { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 import { parseString } from 'xml2js';
 
 import { NodeError } from './abstract/node.error';
@@ -145,8 +144,12 @@ export class NodeApiError extends NodeError {
 
 		this.addToMessages(errorResponse.message as string);
 
-		if (!httpCode && errorResponse instanceof AxiosError) {
-			httpCode = errorResponse.response?.status?.toString();
+		if (
+			!httpCode &&
+			errorResponse instanceof Error &&
+			errorResponse.constructor?.name === 'AxiosError'
+		) {
+			httpCode = (errorResponse as unknown as AxiosError).response?.status?.toString();
 		}
 
 		// only for request library error

packages/workflow/src/extensions/array-extensions.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import deepEqual from 'deep-equal';
+import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
 import uniqWith from 'lodash/uniqWith';
 
 import type { Extension, ExtensionMap } from './extensions';
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ function unique(value: unknown[], extraArgs: string[]): unknown[] {
 		}
 		return item;
 	};
-	return uniqWith(value, (a, b) =>
-		deepEqual(mapForEqualityCheck(a), mapForEqualityCheck(b), { strict: true }),
-	);
+	return uniqWith(value, (a, b) => isEqual(mapForEqualityCheck(a), mapForEqualityCheck(b)));
 }
 
 const ensureNumberArray = (arr: unknown[], { fnName }: { fnName: string }) => {
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ function union(value: unknown[], extraArgs: unknown[][]): unknown[] {
 	}
 	const newArr: unknown[] = Array.from(value);
 	for (const v of others) {
-		if (newArr.findIndex((w) => deepEqual(w, v, { strict: true })) === -1) {
+		if (newArr.findIndex((w) => isEqual(w, v)) === -1) {
 			newArr.push(v);
 		}
 	}
@@ -282,7 +280,7 @@ function difference(value: unknown[], extraArgs: unknown[][]): unknown[] {
 	}
 	const newArr: unknown[] = [];
 	for (const v of value) {
-		if (others.findIndex((w) => deepEqual(w, v, { strict: true })) === -1) {
+		if (others.findIndex((w) => isEqual(w, v)) === -1) {
 			newArr.push(v);
 		}
 	}
@@ -298,12 +296,12 @@ function intersection(value: unknown[], extraArgs: unknown[][]): unknown[] {
 	}
 	const newArr: unknown[] = [];
 	for (const v of value) {
-		if (others.findIndex((w) => deepEqual(w, v, { strict: true })) !== -1) {
+		if (others.findIndex((w) => isEqual(w, v)) !== -1) {
 			newArr.push(v);
 		}
 	}
 	for (const v of others) {
-		if (value.findIndex((w) => deepEqual(w, v, { strict: true })) !== -1) {
+		if (value.findIndex((w) => isEqual(w, v)) !== -1) {
 			newArr.push(v);
 		}
 	}

packages/workflow/src/node-reference-parser-utils.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { escapeRegExp, mapValues, isEqual, cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
+import cloneDeep from 'lodash/cloneDeep';
+import escapeRegExp from 'lodash/escapeRegExp';
+import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
+import mapValues from 'lodash/mapValues';
 
 import { OperationalError } from './errors';
 import type { INode, INodeParameters, NodeParameterValueType } from './interfaces';

packages/workflow/src/utils.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
 	type ExpressionStatement,
 } from 'esprima-next';
 import FormData from 'form-data';
-import { merge } from 'lodash';
+import merge from 'lodash/merge';
 
 import { ALPHABET } from './constants';
 import { ApplicationError } from './errors/application.error';